A Case Report of a Laparoscopic Operation for a Patient with Endometrial Cancer / Journal of Rural Medicine

ABSTRACT

The purpose of this article is to describe our initial experience using laparoscopy to perform surgery for endometrial cancer. The patient was 59 years old with 2 para and was diagnosed as having a clinical endometrial adenocarcinoma in FIGO Stage Ia or Ib. Hysterectomy, bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy and lymph node sampling were performed using a laparoscopic procedure. We analyzed the problems and advantages of the procedure in this case.